Table 2. Reliability analyses and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (n = 181).
Standarized Cronbach’s α of OP scale baseline 0.91. The PCA showed that a single factor explained 62.2% of the variance in the OP-scale.
| Item | Item description | Item-total correlationa | α if one item deleted | Exploratory factor analysis loading | Exploratory factor analysis communality | Confirmatory factor analysis loading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Private gatherings in my own home | 0.69 | 0.90 | 0.77 | 0.60 | 0.70 |
| 2 | Private gatherings in a friend’s home | 0.80 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
| 3 | Going to a restaurant | 0.80 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| 4 | Going to community activities | 0.72 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.70 | 0.83 |
| 5 | Holidays away from home | 0.78 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.71 | 0.83 |
| 6 | Trying and buying clothes | 0.66 | 0.91 | 0.74 | 0.54 | 0.69 |
| 7 | Bathing in public places | 0.53 | 0.91 | 0.62 | 0.39 | 0.55 |
| 8 | Intimate relations with partner | 0.67 | 0.90 | 0.745 | 0.56 | 0.69 |
Notes.
The item total correlation with its own OP scale correcting for overlap.